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Cong-JD(S) blow to BJP in Karnataka bypolls, saffron party set
In an emphatic endorsement of Karnataka's ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition by the voters, its candidates Tuesday won both the assemblyconstituencies and are set to clinch two of the three Lok Sabha seats in the bitterly fought by-polls held on Saturday, officials said. The byelections came as a major setback for the main opposition BJP ahead of the 2019 elections with the party set to lose the Ballari Lok Sabha seat, considered a stronghold of the controversial mining barons--the Reddy brothers. V S Ugrappa of the Congress has established a lead of more than 2.14 lakh votes in Ballari over BJP's J Shantha, the sister of B Sriramulu, a key aide of the Reddys and former MP from there. The BJP is leading only in Shivamogga parliamentary seat, the pocket borough of the Leader of the Opposition B S Yeyyurappa. His son B Y Raghavendra has established a lead of more than 51,000 votes over Madhu Bangarappa of the JD(S). Madhu is the son of former Congress chief minister the late .
Parties battle it out in Chhattisgarh's 'Red Zone'
The ruling BJP and its challengers -- the Congress and Ajit Jogi's new party JCC -- feel the 'Red Zone' holds the key to formation of the next government in Chhattisgarh as they fight it out in the country's worst Naxal-affected Bastar region with each of them promising to do better for its development. Leaders from different parties are campaigning hard to woo voters by doing door-to-door visit, holding rallies and highlighting their development agenda. Besides them, top central leaders of these parties are expected to hold rallies in the region, which goes to poll on November 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi among others are expected to hold rallies in the Bastar region ahead of polling, their party leaders said. There are a total of 12 seats in the Bastar region -- Bijapur, Dantewara, Konta, Chitrakot, Bastar, Narainpur, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Kanker, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh and Jagdalpur. Of them, eight are held by the Congress and the rest by the
M Tiwari files complaint against AAP MLA Amanatullah, Delhi CM
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday wrote to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North East Delhi and filed a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and unknown persons.Khan was caught on camera shoving Tiwari during the inauguration ceremony of the Signature Bridge here on November 4.In a video footage of the incident, Tiwari can be seen standing at the edge of an elevated platform before a number of police officers and AAP workers when Khan, an MLA from Okhla, pushed the BJP Delhi chief, nearly causing him to fall.On Sunday, Tiwari had claimed that the entire incident took place in front of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, adding that he is going to file an FIR over the incident. He had alleged that he was stopped by the police and AAP supporters from attending the event.Following the incident, Tiwari, a Member of Parliament (MP) from North East Delhi, had said that the police officers who .
Chandrababu Naidu wishes Telegu people on Diwali
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu extended greetings to all Telegu people across the world on the occasion of Diwali.In a statement, Naidu said: "I wish this Diwali brings happiness to all Telegu families. Let us greet lighting of the festival in the Kartika month. I wish peace and prosperity to all Telugu people across the world. Humanity should prevail over demonic forces."The chief minister said, "Diwali is symbol for hope, knowledge, happiness, development and victory. Diwali means rows of diyas. This Diwali should be the row of victories for Telugu people."He blamed the NDA-led central government for not adequately supporting victims of Cyclone Titli which struck India's east coast last month, affecting parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh."The central government acted inhumanly by not releasing even a single penny for Titli cyclone victims. We helped them without the Centre's support. The real Diwali is the day when the evil rule of NDA government comes to an end.
1,291 candidates in fray for high-octane Chhattisgarh polls
Over 1,200 candidates will fight it out for 90 seats in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls where besides the BJP and the Congress, smaller parties have also thrown their hat in the ring. In the two-phase elections, voting for 18 seats spread across eight Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts, will be held on November 12 and for the other 72 seats on November 20. The counting of votes will be held on December 11. This time, the coalition between the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), former chief minister Ajit Jogi's Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) has added another dimension to the electoral politics of Chhattisgarh, which has always been dominated by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress. While 190 candidates are in the fray for the first phase of polls, 1,101 nominees will battle it out in the second phase of the state elections. After the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers for the ...
Top US State Dept official in Pakistan for crucial talks
A top US State Department official is in Pakistan for another round of talks with top officials about bilateral and regional issues, including the peace process in Afghanistan. Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal confirmed that Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Ambassador Alice Wells is visiting Islamabad on November 6. "She will hold meeting with senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Wells will also call on the Finance Minister," he said. Faisal also said that the aim of her visit was to follow up on discussions between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in Washington with a view to further strengthen bilateral relations. Qureshi and Pompeo had first met in Islamabad and the meeting was encouraging enough to be followed up in Washington when Pakistan's foreign minister attended the UN General Assembly. Diplomatic sources said that Ambassador Wells would focus on efforts
All three major parties in Punjab hit by the 'apology' bug (News Analysis)
Politics in Punjab is in "apology" mode these days. The three major parties in the state -- the ruling Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- have been bit in one way or the other by the apology bug.
Congress-JD-S alliance in Karnataka has turned out beneficial: Chidambaram
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the lesson of the 4-1 victory in the parliamentary and assembly bypolls in Karnataka is that the alliance has turned out beneficial.
Protesters picket Mizoram CEO's office demanding his removal
People congregated in large numbers in front of Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S B Shashank's office Tuesday following a call by an umbrella organisation of major civil societies and student associations to picket his office demanding his removal. The NGO Coordination Committee had sought Shashank's exit from the state by Monday evening, shortly after the Election Commission (EC) removed state's principal secretary (Home) Lalnunmawia Chuaungo. A section of media said Shashank had complained to the EC that Chuaungo was interfering in the poll process. "As people have lost faith in him, the only solution for smooth conduct of the Assembly elections 2018 now would be removal of CEO S B Shashank from office forthwith," Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday. Elections to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly are scheduled for November 28. Police said the CEO was at home and did not come to his office. The conglomerate, which had Friday demanded ...
Iran oil exports to plummet in November, but rebound on way as buyers use waivers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Iran's oil exports have fallen sharply since U.S. President Donald Trump said at mid-year he would re-impose sanctions on Tehran, but with waivers in hand, the Middle Eastern nation's major buyers could scale up orders as soon as next month.
Karnataka bypolls: Cong-JD(S) lead in 2 LS and 2 assembly seats, BJP ahead in one LS seat
Karnataka's ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition was ahead of the BJP in two of the three Lok Sabha seats and both the assembly constituencies that went to the bypolls last weekend, electoral officials said Tuesday. The BJP was leading only in the Shivamogga parliamentary constituency, where its state party chief B S Yeddyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra was ahead of former chief minister S Bangarappa's son Madhu Bangarappa of JD(S) by 36,351 votes. Making inroads in the BJP-held Ballari Lok Saba constituency, Congress' V S Ugrappa was leading over BJP's J Shantha by 1,74,294 votes, officials said. Shantha is the sister of B Sriramulu, who gave up the seat after being elected to the state assembly in the polls in May this year. JD(S) candidate L Shivarame Gowda established an unassailable lead of 99,198 votes against the BJP's new face Dr Siddaramaiah, a former official, in the party bastion of Mandya in the Vokkaliga belt in the old Mysuru region. Of the three Lok Sabha seats that went to the
Airbus China CEO says "no winner" from U.S.-China trade war
ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) - Europe's Airbus SE indicated on Tuesday that it did not expect a sales windfall from trade tensions between China and the United States, with the manufacturer's China head saying there would be "no winner" from a prolonged economic conflict.
JD-S, Congress lead in Karnataka bypolls
Karnataka's ruling coalition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Congress are leading in two seats each in the vote count for the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats, a poll official said.
K'taka bypolls: BJP leading in Shimoga, trailing in rest
As the counting of votes in three Lok Sabha and two legislative assembly constituencies gets underway, early trends have suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in Shimoga parliamentary seat and trailing in the rest.BJP's BY Raghavendra is leading over Janata Dal Secular's S Madhubangarappa by 3,906 votes at the end of the first round of counting in Shimoga parliamentary seat.In Bellary, Congress' VS Ugrappa is leading over BJP's J Shantha, the sister of BJP leader Sreeramulu, by 45,808 votes after round three of counting, while in Mandya parliamentary seat, JD(S) is leading by 1,09,066 votes at the end of round five.Congress' Anand Siddu Nyamagouda is leading over BJP's Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao by 7,149 votes after four rounds of counting in Jamkhandi assembly seat, while JD(S)'s Anitha Kumaraswamy is leading in Ramanagara assembly seat after third round of counting.Counting of votes is still underway on all the five seats..Elections in the three Lok Sabha and two .
Indian-Tibetan descent Aftab Pureval draws national attention in his bid for Congress
Aftab Karma Singh Pureval, an American of Indian-Tibetan descent seeking to make his maiden entry into the US House of Representatives, has attracted national attention after being endorsed by former US President Barack Obama. Top leaders from both sides have campaigned aggressively in the Ohio's first Congressional District, where the young and dynamic Pureval, 35, is giving a tough fight to Republican Congressman Steve Chabot, 65, who has represented the seat since 1995, except for a brief period of 2009-2010. Pureval is one of the few candidates to be endorsed by former Obama, who has been a star campaigner for the party this mid-term. This is an "election that will decide the future of our country," Pureval, who is also of Tibetan origin and currently is Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, told hundreds of supporters at an election rally in his Congressional District. Running an aggressive and impressive campaign, Pureval, political pundits say, has made it a "toss-us" seat, meaning .
Easing tensions, US, China to hold top-level security talks
The United States and China will hold top-level security talks on Friday, the State Department announced, in a sign of easing tensions after months of escalation over trade and regional disputes. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will host senior Chinese officials in Washington for the second US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, following a meeting in June 2017. The announcement of talks with senior Communist Party foreign affairs official Yang Jiechi and General Wei Fenghe came on the eve of US congressional elections, in which President Donald Trump has cast China as a villain set on bringing him down. In early October, a US defense official said that a planned visit by Mattis to China had been canceled because Beijing declined to make Wei available. But addressing a Middle East security conference last week, Mattis said that Wei would shortly travel to Washington, adding that "strategic competition does not imply hostility." Washington and ...
NBC, Fox News pull Trump campaign's racist ad
NBC and Fox News said in statements that their networks will no longer air US President Donald Trump's campaign's anti-immigrant advertisement, deemed as the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years.
Karnataka bypolls: Congress-JD(S) coalition leads in two LS seats, BJP in one
The ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition candidates in Karnataka were leading in two Lok Sabha constituencies and two Assembly segments in the bypolls held Saturday, according to initial trends as counting of votes was taken up this morning. The BJP was ahead in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. The Congress was leading in Ballari and its coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) in the Mandya parliamentary seats, electoral officials said. The JD(S)-Congress coalition was also leading in Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly segments respectively. In Ballari, Congress' V S Ugrappa was leading by 84,257 over Bharatiya Janata Party's J Shantha. BJP's B Y Raghavendra, the son of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, was leading ahead of JD(S)' Madhu Bangarappa by 9,665 votes votes in Shivamogga. In Mandya, JD(S)' Shivarame Gowda was leading over BJP's Siddaramaiah.
Pompeo to meet top aide to Kim Jong Un on Thursday
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in New York on Thursday, the State Department said. The US chief diplomat and Kim Yong Chol "will discuss making progress on all four pillars of the Singapore Summit joint statement, including achieving the final, fully verified denuclearization," a statement said, referring to the June meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The New York meeting comes with the two sides at loggerheads nearly five months after the summit, in which Trump and Kim pledged to work toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. North Korea's foreign ministry has warned that Pyongyang will "seriously" consider reviving its nuclear weapons program unless US sanctions are lifted. In announcing the meeting with Kim Yong Chol, Pompeo said he expected to "make some real progress" including on laying the groundwork for a second summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un. Kim Yong Chol is a general,
Frost thaws in U.S.-China ties ahead of G20 meeting
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States and China will hold a delayed top-level security dialogue on Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations, as China's vice president said Beijing was willing to talk with Washington to resolve their bitter trade dispute.